HF Habs: Official Habs Mock Draft 2018 Edition - Complete

[John WhiteVan]

St. Louis Blues select from Linkoping HC D Adam Ginning

 

[John WhiteVan]

@Andrei79 is up

 

[yoteshot]

St. Louis Blues select from Linkoping HC D Adam Ginning

Could anybody chime in on Ginning? I was very surprised to see him at #6 on the Euro CS list ahead of Kupari, Kotkaniemi, Lundestrom, Olofsson, Bokk, Hallander, Berggren (who they have at 30 lol). Where do you actually expect him to go?

 

[Mrb1p]

Could anybody chime in on Ginning? I was very surprised to see him at #6 on the Euro CS list ahead of Kupari, Kotkaniemi, Lundestrom, Olofsson, Bokk, Hallander, Berggren (who they have at 30 lol). Where do you actually expect him to go?

Hes not gonna do much in the NHL thats for sure.

 

[Andrei79]

Washington selects, from the Chicago Steel, forward Blake McLaughlin.

Scouting report will be coming a little bit later.

@Toene

 

[WeThreeKings]

Washington selects, from the Chicago Steel, forward Blake McLaughlin.

Scouting report will be coming a little bit later.

@Toene

My highest rated guy left. Nice pick

 

[WeThreeKings]

Could anybody chime in on Ginning? I was very surprised to see him at #6 on the Euro CS list ahead of Kupari, Kotkaniemi, Lundestrom, Olofsson, Bokk, Hallander, Berggren (who they have at 30 lol). Where do you actually expect him to go?

Ginning is your prototypical Richard Hagg defenseman. A guy people think is close to pro ready on the defensive side who think there's untapped offensive potential but isn't. Bottom pairing D who's good in the locker room type is what I rate him as.

 

[yoteshot]

Ginning is your prototypical Richard Hagg defenseman. A guy people think is close to pro ready on the defensive side who think there's untapped offensive potential but isn't. Bottom pairing D who's good in the locker room type is what I rate him as.

Thanks!

Robert* BTW

 

[The Great Weal]

Good pick in McLaughlin

 

[yoteshot]

Can't wait for my pick! Four more to go before it's my turn!

 

[Andrei79]

My highest rated guy left. Nice pick

I watched his playoffs, he was sooo good.

 

[Mrb1p]

Debated a while between Cole and Blake.

 

[NotProkofievian]

Could anybody chime in on Ginning? I was very surprised to see him at #6 on the Euro CS list ahead of Kupari, Kotkaniemi, Lundestrom, Olofsson, Bokk, Hallander, Berggren (who they have at 30 lol). Where do you actually expect him to go?

Ginning is a big strong kid, who can skate, and deliver a first pass. Naturally this has a lot of people hot under the collar. The average season for this guy will see him score between 0 and 1 goal, however. Seriously, take a look at his EP page.

Hard zero offensive upside. Present day Karl Alzner offensive upside, at best.

 

[Andrei79]

The Carolina Hurricanes are proud to select, from the Prince Albert Raiders in the WHL, Cole Fonstad.

With Cole, we feel that we add another highly skilled forward, with offensive attributes all over the board. His playmaking skills, cunning and skating are what will make him thrive in the NHL, despite his average size.

Fonstad has a lot of upside if he can be just a little bit more involved, but I love this pick. His skating's pretty close to effortless and I'm always a fan of playmaking wingers.

 

[sandviper]

Page 15 update, the draft thus far:

FIRST ROUND
1. Buffalo: Rasmus Dahlin
2. Carolina: Andrei Svechnikov
3. Montreal: Adam Boqvist
4. Ottawa: Oliver Wahlstrom
5. Arizona: Filip Zadina
6. Detroit: Noah Dobson
7. Vancouver: Evan Bouchard
8. Chicago: Jesperi Kotkaniemi
9. New York Rangers: Quinn Hughes
10. Edmonton: Ty Smith
11. New York Islanders: Vitali Kravtsov
12. New York Islanders (from Calgary): Brady Tkachuk
13. Dallas: Joel Farabee
14. Philadelphia (from St. Louis): Isaac Lundstrom
15. Florida: Jonatan Berggren
16. Colorado: Barrett Hayton
17. New Jersey Devils: Joe Veleno
18. Columbus Blue Jackets: Rasmus Kupari
19. Philadelphia: Martin Kaut
20. Los Angeles: Bode Wilde
21. San Jose: Grigori Denisenko
22. Ottawa (from Pittsburgh): Filip Hallander
23. Anaheim: Akil Thomas
24. Minnesota: Rasmus Sandin
25. Toronto: Jared McIsaac
26. Washington: Nils Lundkvist
27. Detroit (from Vegas): Dominick Bokk
28. New York Rangers (from Boston): Ty Dellandrea
29. New York Rangers (from Tampa Bay): Serron Noel
30. St. Louis (from Winnipeg): Jett Woo
31. Chicago (from Nashville): Alexander Alexeyev

SECOND ROUND
32. Buffalo: K'Andre Miller
33. Detroit (from Ottawa): Mattias Samuelsson
34. Florida (from Arizona): Ryan Merkley
35. Montreal: Bulat Shafigullin
36. Detroit: Ryan McLeod
37. Vancouver: Jacob Olofsson
38. Montreal (from Chicago): Jonny Tychonick
39. New York Rangers: Jacob Bernard-Docker
40. Edmonton: Calen Addison
41. New York Islanders: Jesse Ylonen
42. Carolina: Cole Fonstad
43: New York Islanders (from Calgary): Liam Foudy
44. Dallas: Jack McBain
45: St. Louis: Adam Ginning
46. Washington (from Florida): Blake McLaughlin
47. Colorado:
48. New York Rangers (from New Jersey):

 

[yoteshot]

Fonstad has a lot of upside if he can be just a little bit more involved, I love this pick. He's an effortless skater with awesome playmaking skills in the dub.

He's a guy I'd love in Montreal for sure. I really hope we go for skill this year. First and foremost.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Blake McLaughing will play in the NHL. He is such a talented player with less exposure.

 

[Mrb1p]

Fonstad has a lot of upside if he can be just a little bit more involved, but I love this pick. His skating's pretty close to effortless and I'm always a fan of playmaking wingers.

Reminds this Carolina GM of Aho

 

[The Great Weal]

Reminds this Carolina GM of Aho

Still a better candidate then whoever they will actually put in place

 

[Mrb1p]

Still a better candidate then whoever they will actually put in place

Well, thats obvious.

 

[The Great Weal]

Well, thats obvious.

I was talking about Aho

 

[Yoshidas Island]

Writeup for Tychonick:

Jonny plays with a lot of fluidity in his game. He's able to lead a transition forward, but is mindful of his defensive responsibilities. He possesses a lot of high quality skills, like his skating, passing, and ability to change the tempo of the game, and we feel as though once he polishes off the other areas of his game, he'll be a quality modern day defenseman in the NHL.

 

[Toene]

With the 47th selection in the 2018 NHL draft, the Colorado Avalanches are proud to pick Guelp Storm C Cameron Hillis

''Cameron Hillis is a skilled forward with soft hands and excellent hockey sense. He is an offensive catalyst every time he is on the ice. Crisp accurate passer who always finds a seam to thread the puck through. Although Hillis is a top notch playmaker he also uses his shot with regularity making him a double threat and hard to read on what he might do, shoot or pass. Utilizes great vision, shrewd awareness and outstanding anticipation to read the opposition and exploit their weakness. Propels to top speed smoothly using a wide, lowered skating base where he generates power through use of total leg range of motion. Defensive zone play is inconsistent and will need seasoning but shows a healthy compete tracking back to provide valuable back pressure. As a smaller skilled forward, Hillis recognizes that adding strength to his overall game will help him compete in smaller areas of the ice.” – thescout.ca

 

[Toene]

Sorry for the delay, I hesitated between a few players. Ambivalance is a bitch and gives me a headache. Expecting to see one of them picked right after... at least I have another second round pick. It's a deep draft because many players could be argued as 2nd/3rd picks in other years, but they cant all be. Anxious to see who you guys will choose. Theres a lot of knowledgeable posters on this board. I'm a draft beginner so it's a learning experience for me to see you vets at work

 

[The Great Weal]

Another good pick.